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Wayne Boatwright
 
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On Wed 24 Aug 2005 08:33:59a, Kate Connally wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> On Tue 23 Aug 2005 08:57:11a, Kate Connally wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>> > Christine Dabney wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Okay folks..
>> >>
>> >> A lot of folks are adding themselves... But I guess I forgot to add
>> >> one important piece of information.
>> >>
>> >> You can zoom down to street level on this map. You have to keep on
>> >> zooming in, and moving the map. You move the map so you can zero
>> >> in, and then keep on zooming in on your area. You can go down as
>> >> far as street level... It won't show street addresses, but it will
>> >> get you very close to where you are.
>> >>
>> >> Now try it. Those of you who put yourself in the wrong place, let
>> >> me know, and I will delete you so you can add yourself in the right
>> >> place.
>> >>
>> >> Christine
>> >
>> > Okay, here's a question. How do you get the name
>> > of your town to show. For instance, when you are zoomed
>> > out about 3/4 of the way you can no longer see Pittsburgh
>> > in the southwestern PA area. Yet you can see Hempfield
>> > (a small town way out in the country). That seems odd.
>> > I seems to me that you ought to be able to see the major
>> > cities when you are zoomed way out but only see the small
>> > towns when you are fairly close in, so I thought maybe someone
>> > fixed it so their town would show! If so, how do you do that?
>> >
>> > In any case, Pittsburgh is a major city and should show at
>> > all distances! I'm actually in Turtle Creek, a suburb of
>> > Pittsburgh, but I don't care that much if it shows (and, wow, do you
>> > have to get way in before Turtle Creek comes up at all) but
>> > Pittsburgh should definitely show instead of Hempfield. Sheesh! ;-)
>> >
>> > Kate
>> >

>>
>> There is no Pittsburgh. Were you not notifed that Pittsburg was
>> cancelled? Only the small towns and suburbs still exist.

>
> Tee hee hee. Very funny Wayne. And by the way, even though
> Pittsburg (sic) doesn't exist anymore, it still has an *h* at
> the end. :-)
>
> Kate
>


It's disappearing letter by letter, Kate. :-) Having lived in Cleveland for
over 43 years, I do know about the "h" in Pittsburgh. Must be my fingeres.

BTW, did you know that Cleveland used to have another "a" in it?
{Cleaveland} It was originally named for General Moses Cleaveland, but later
changed. The stories vary as to why.

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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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